The Cure Quotes

“No one told me that when I wear a mask, only my mask receives love.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“What if there was a place so safe that the worst of me could be known, and I would discover that I would not be loved less, but more In the telling of it?”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“Grace is the face love wears, when it meets imperfection.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“What if repentance wasn't a promise from you to God but a gift from God to you?”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“The quality of your life is based in trusting this: Where you are right now is the perfect place for you, or the God of all goodness and power would not allow you to be there.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“Grace always invites rather than demands reconciliation.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“God has given us the DNA of righteousness. We are saints. Nothing we do will make us more righteous than we already are. Nothing we do will alter this reality. God knows our DNA. He knows that we are "Christ in me." And now He is asking us to join Him in what He knows is true!”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“God never tells me to get over something and just get past it. Never. Instead, He asks me to trust Him with every circumstance.10”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“There are two gods: The one we see through our shame, and the One who actually is.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“God allows some pain to awaken our hearts.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“What if it was less important that anything ever gets fixed than that nothing has to be hidden?"1”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“This life in Christ is not about what I can do to make myself worthy of His acceptance, but about daily trusting what He has done to make me worthy of His acceptance.7”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“IT MAY FEEL LIKE A GAMBLE TO YOU, BUT IT IS NO GAMBLE TO GOD. God has shown all of His cards, revealing breathtaking protection. He says, in essence, “What if I tell them who they now are? What if I take away any element of fear? What if I tell them I will always love them? That I love them right now, as much as I love my only Son? “What if I tell them there are no logs of past offenses, of how little they pray, or how often they’ve let me down? What if I tell them they are actually righteous, right now? What if I tell them I’m crazy about them? What if I tell them that, if I’m their Savior, they’re going to heaven no matter what—it’s a done deal? What if I tell them they have a new nature, that they are saints, not saved sinners? What if I tell them I actually live in them now, my love, power, and nature at their disposal? “What if I tell them they don’t have to put on masks? That they don’t need to pretend we’re close? “What if they knew that, when they mess up, I’ll never retaliate? What if they were convinced bad circumstances aren’t my way of evening the score? What if they knew the basis of our friendship isn’t how little they sin, but how much they allow me to love them? What if I tell them they can hurt my heart but I’ll never hurt theirs? What if I tell them they can open their eyes when they pray and still go to heaven? What if I tell them there is no secret agenda, no trapdoor? What if I tell them it isn’t about their self-effort, but about allowing me to live my life through them?”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“Nothing in us is equipped or designed to absorb sin. Even when I’m the one being sinned against, I cannot handle it, because it will always ignite the nature of the sin already in me.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“Where you are right now is the perfect place for you, or the God of all goodness and power would not allow you to be there.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“Self-protection is one of the great oxymorons. We're the only person in the world we don't have the potential to protect.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“The mundane, agonizing details of life build and build like bricks. Soon we are too weary of wrestling with our everyday existence to entertain grand visions of destiny.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“sin finds its power when I hide.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“What if it was less important that anything ever gets fixed than that nothing has to be hidden?”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“God never tells me to get over something and just get past it. Never. Instead, He asks me to trust Him with every circumstance.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“Blame is often a commentary on the unresolved, hidden sin in the blâmer.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“This life in Christ is not about what I can do to make myself worthy of His acceptance, but about daily trusting what He has done to make me worthy of His acceptance.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“We’ve given the password that lets us through: “humility.” That means trusting that God is with us, trusting God is for us, absolutely and completely able, never making any mistakes in moving us forward. He is fully sovereign. He loves me more than I love myself, and absolutely nothing can damage His total and complete control!”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“There were seasons early on when I believed: I have been changed into a new creature. I am fused with Jesus. He loves me and enjoys me all the time. He is maturing me in His way, in His time. I can trust and receive love. Most of the rest of my time I’ve believed: I changed in a legal sense, but not really. He is usually disappointed with me. He expects me to at least try to fix myself. I can’t be trusted or trust anyone else.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“if we disregard the righteousness that results from trusting what God has done in us, we’re hiding who we truly are.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“We do not see God as He is, and we do not see ourselves as we are.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“Those in the Room of Grace are continually allowing God to work on removing the pall from their eyes. Light pours in, and they are in the process of being freed to live beyond preoccupation over their next failure. Those in the Room of Good Intentions are rarely willing to confront those five statements. They're too busy covering their tracks and grinding it out against temptation. The great regret is they know they've already given themselves permission to fail.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“Fixing sin is like trying to fix a crimped Slinky. You may think If you just sit on it long enough it might straighten out. Sitting there, you think you've really got a handle on straightening stuff out. But no matter how long you sit, when you get up, that Slinky springs right back. Compromised coiled metal doesn't "straighten out" by external pressure, and neither does sin.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“They're trusting who God says they are, instead of adding up their behaviors to prove their godliness.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure

“One day, it dawns on me what I've been doing to myself and to everyone around me. I've been trying to meet some lofty expectation, primarily to gain acceptance from people. I don't even know why I'm performing for them. To satisfy a God I'm not sure I can ever please? Even worse, I expect everyone around me to do the same.”
― John S. Lynch, The cure